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Ok Guys

I've shot some raw footage at 1152x656 @ 29.97. I have used raw2dng to get the dng files. I imported those files tp After Effects, made some minor changes, then saved as a premier pro project file.

Then I opened Premier, imported the project, then rendered the file out. When I look at the resulting video it just looks like a still and not video.

What am I missing here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Because you already rendered it out, the only thing I can fathom is that the file has a huge bit rate and your computer can't handle it. In other words, it's "trying" to play the video but it's stuck on one frame. The funny thing I have noticed (and I now I can't remember if I downloaded a codec) is that I have the best luck playing the video with Windows Media Player of all things (if rendered out as a mov). Other than that....I have no idea! haha

Thanks for the info mk11174.

I saw you mention the devs in that link. I havent seen any of them post for a while.

I have a little programming experience but by the time I catch up to speed with this, I am sure that someone will have already programmed what needed to be programmed at that point. Wish I could assist them!

Anyway, thanks again!

Please, can you do again a comparison raw vs h.264 BUT with ML bitrate cranked up to maximum ? Or h.264 standard vs h.264 cranked to max with ML vs raw all in one test ! Nobody done this so far, so we can decide if raw is really Worth the work to assemble it ! Keep the comparison method you used in your previous test, also with the slanted stripe running across horizontally ! Many thanks ! 

Here is my comparison video (h264 default/raw) - (see video link) I will also attempt to create a video outlining what you requested to blazraidr. It may be nice to have 2 comparisons for consistencies sake.

https://vimeo.com/67975595
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNaxDW_oYy8

Update2: No, fileman does not make a differ, results are totally random at 22fps for me sometimes it never stops till I stop it, sometimes I only get 66frames.

Yes, I just noticed that now, after testing it again, I'm getting different results also. Last night I had some 30 second footage at 1280 at 3:1 at 18fps (override) - and the files on my computer that I just checked to verify - and now I cannot even duplicate that, even with the fix2 build.

Very interesting.

sounds awesome.

Yeah, I apologize. I wasn't at 24fps either. I forgot to include that information. I only noticed it because I literally tried to use the same settings and that is when I thought "wait a sec....".   

yea, I'm unsure what it is. Possible side effect? I just found it odd that when I went to replicate what I did on the other build, I couldn't with these.

But again, just throwing it out there as informational.

Here are 2 builds with the new Filemanager there working on. I added the Stub for SeekFile to get it going.

This is the build with Tragic-Lanterns more res option Raw Rec module:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/96zgrdjaubamjuh/ML_Fileman_Raw_Tragic.zip

This is the Magic-Lantern build with the regular Raw Rec module:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/411wvydehbwfxcw/ML_Fileman_Raw_Unified.zip

I'm still getting better results with the "fix2" build. Attempted similar/same resolutions and with the "fix2" build - it will indicate to me that I have continuous recording, and although I didn't write down the results, I attempted to keep the resolution around 1280 at an aspect ratio of 3:1 and it only worked with that build. I cannot recreate that success with these. Unsure if this helps, but I thought I'd mention it.

Being that it is because of the sd controller card being the limiting part, I don't think we will ever get 24p at 1080 it is just a hardware limitation we can't overcome.

How much more success do we anticipate? Do we believe we can get the shoot_malloc total any larger than it is, or is that exactly what the devs are investigating? (please don't misinterpret what I mean. I am not impatient. I am just making sure that we are all being realistic about how far we can push these devices before it doesn't have an impact) Do we believe that a lower bit rate will add any significant increase to write speed or is that like apples and oranges?

Also, I still see mention of people looking for faster cards, but am I correct in assuming that unlike the Mark 3, we are limited anyway because of the sd controller, so just that we are all on the same page, my 35MBps card should be sufficient then, correct? PS I mentioned in my last post that I would try to not post to free the forum up of clutter....I apologize

You definitely are getting a lot of the credit mk11174, especially over on YouTube (I've seen your name mentioned a couple times - including on my video). But regardless of what part you play in the process, we all appreciate you putting them together for an easy download for us!!

I really thought we would be limited by the buffer/write speed of the 550D but it's amazing what the devs have been able to juggle to get the camera to write to the card so efficiently!

Anyway, I'll back away from posting now so that the devs can converse about what additional memory allocation we can squeeze out of these!

shawnwytch, you install the most recent/stable ML build (2.3), and what I've been doing is saving what is on my card to a folder on my computer. Then, you replace the autoexec.bin and the ML folder on the card with the ones that you see here on the forum.

In order to get the stable version back on, you obviously just do it in reverse. Place the autoexec.bin of the stable bin back on the card and replace the ML folder (it may ask you to merge, which is fine. what I have been doing lately is just deleting the ML folder and putting the test builds and stable builds on and off as I wish)

@pavelpp 720p @12fps....continuous? (I assume)

Very well explained NedB - I wasn't sure.

Here's to hoping they can figure it out. At the end of day, it doesn't matter if we can record raw video on these cameras at 1080p, for example, as they were never designed to do that anyway. It is just amazing that we can do it at all!!

That being said, it still does give us something to strive for!! ya never know...

and thanks again for the info.

I had a thought recently that I am unsure will have an impact.

I know the most recent stable build of ML latern has a bitrate adjustment. So instead of 14, my assumption was that we could adjust that to .7x (which if my math is correct is a little less than 10).

Does it not work that way? Or with smaller data rate will there be more chance of dropped frames? (I know if I don't encode my videos with a large enough data rate, there is/was a chance of "skipping")

Just a thought/query. Forgive me if any of my information is wrong or if this is off-track.

"fix2" worked great for me at a couple resolutions at least for several seconds or so.

The new features added and autoETTR - not as much success. This buffer issue (I assume)  is really hindering any success with any significant amount of data.

As said before however...really appreciate your diligence mk11174!!

Do we have the impression that a lower bit-rate will have an impact? (or is that what we are trying to discover?  )

It appears as if they are making strides over at this forum: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5601.0

My thought is that this still looks promising as I am hearing good things about the 600D and that device only has a SD card slot and the buffer is pretty much the same. And I am very willing to be proven wrong    Feel free.

My assumption is that the ability to shoot raw video will be able to be performed on the camera to some extent, but just based on the inherent limitations of the camera (550D), even 1280 by 720 might be pushing it to it's limit.

I just installed the latest nightly build on the Canon 550d and yes, - the shoot_malloc total is 68M as it is on the canon 600D
That being said, I would like you to forgive my ignorance on two things:

I consider myself fairly competent, and maybe I need more sleep, but I do not see any option to change the picture quality on the latest build of ML/Canon 550d?

Also, despite some poking around the forums, I cannot determine how to install a module on the camera. Again, the build from 5/24 is on there, but (obviously) no option for RAW.

Thanks in advance guys.